Packing-case



(No Model.)

W, H. MIXSON. PACKING CASE.

No. 424,567. Patented Apr. 1,1890.

W12 WESSE'S UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM II. MIXSON, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,567, dated. April1, 1890.

Application filed January 13, 1890. Serial No. 336,724. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ILLIAM II. MIXSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of SouthCarolina, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Banana-Packing Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to packing-cases especially adapted for theshipment of bananas; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the case,and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

A is a cylinder of thin pliable materialsuch as veneerhavin g itsoverlapping edges secured by the clinched staples a.

B are wires which may be bent around the cylinder, if desired, tofurther strengthen and secure it. Metallic wire fastenings arenecessary, as the moisture arising from the bananas would cause adhesivematerials to become unfastened.

O is a disk of Wood, permanently secured inside one end of the cylinderA by the nails 0.

D is a second disk of wood, adapted to be slid into the other end of thecylinder and to be secured by nails 0-, as indicated by the dotted linesin Fig. 1.

The case is packed with the desired quantity of bananas, and theremovable disk D is then pushed down inside the cylinder until thebananas are securely packed, and the said disk is then fastened forshipment. V

This case is very light. It is very cheaply constructed, and the freightcharges upon it are reduced to a minimum.

\Vhat I claim is- In a banana-packing case, the combination, with astraight cylinder formed of a single ply of veneer, and the longitudinally-arranged clinched staples fastening together the overlappingedges of said veneer, of the strengthening-wires encircling the middleportion of said cylinder, a head permanently secured. by nails in oneend of the cylinder, and a head adapted to be slid to any desireddistance within the other end of the cylinder and similarly securedtherein, substantially as shown and described.

I11 testimony whereof I affix mysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM II. MIXSON.

\Vitnesses:

'1. MOULTRIE MORDECAI, P. II. GAnsDEN.

